Jesuit Dallas senior pitcher
Miles Okamoto earned his first career no-hitter, throwing five innings to lead the Rangers to a 10-0 win over MacArthur on Saturday in Hutto, Texas. Jesuit would sweep the day with an 11-4 victory over Westlake in the nightcap.
Okamoto and fellow fourth year
Heath Vankirk picked up victories on the mound on Saturday, holding opposing hitters to a .262 total batting average. Sophomore
Jaden Woodson and Junior
Maccoy Lopez tied for a team-leading four hits apiece, while Woodson led the squad with six runs during the doubleheader. In total, Jesuit scattered 21 hits during the two contests, while seniors
Mark Ready and
John Guzman each scored a team-high four runs.
Okamoto went the distance in his first start of the season, frustrating Cardinals hitters all afternoon with a slider that caused 10 groundouts out of 16 batters faced in the five-inning affair. The scoring began in the first with a sacrifice fly from senior
Will Guzman that plated
John Guzman for the early lead. Two runs scored in the third, the first from another RBI hit from
Will Guzman before senior
Jake Ryan scored Ready on a sacrifice fly to spot the Blue and Gold a 3-0 advantage.
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John Guzman aided to the Ranger effort with a three-run, inside-the-park home run in the fourth, an inning that saw the Blue and Gold hang six runs on MacArthur after Woodson drove in three runs on a triple to center. A single to left by senior
Michael Schoettmer ended the game in the fifth, resulting in a no-hitter for Okamoto in his first varsity start.
A double by Lopez and single by
John Guzman helped carry the offense over to the nightcap, as a sacrifice fly from
Alex Lengyel and with two wild pitches spotted Jesuit an early, 5-0 lead. In the fifth, Lengyel forced a bases loaded walk and Woodson launched a three-run double, propelling Jesuit to a comfortable, 10-3 lead. Lopez drove in the Rangers' final run of the weekend on a sixth-inning sacrifice fly.
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Jesuit Dallas will next return to Wright Field for the first time since the 2016 season for the 2017 Jesuit Dallas Baseball Classic. The Rangers will begin the tournament with 2 p.m. matchup against Denton on Thursday, Mar. 2.